Category: Poems

ants playfully work tree branches lie still short nights awaking lively leaps and bounds of joy fawns nuzzling 'gainst the sunshine ************************************************************************************************************* Written for Heeding Haiku With HA: A Change in Season and Yourself. As I am in the Southern Hemisphere, my tanka is set in late spring to early summer. I also find that… Continue reading At First Breath

We basil and thyme to each other wave motions up-and-down By currents tied as the sun-shine hugs us warm Here we sit basil and thyme happy to be Sailing... ******************************************************************************* Inspired by the story Now I remember why, by Stuart M. Perkins. The times that I have enjoyed the most… Continue reading Those Times

The books sit on a lonely shelf as dust gathers round, on the outskirts of their pages. Each page held, folded, underlined. Where lie years of study, adventure, discovery; and all is still the same. Ideas holding on a shelf as the winter falls. The snow gathers. All is but a memory. O, the uselessness… Continue reading Blank Pages

open tomb the sea a fading star walks the night - justifying the path as is the darkness, so the light formed in secret, set alight ************************************************************************************************************* Written for Heeding Haiku With HA: Drop your haiku somewhere! This week we were asked to write a haiku/tanka and leave it in a random place… Continue reading Night-Traveller

The raindrops trickled down the window pane, impressing on its surface small beaded baubles too delicate to touch. I stood on the other side of that vast expanse - once transparent, now translucent - as inherent warmth met with the cold beyond; on that glassy border. The bitter frost nipped at my heels and I… Continue reading Years in the Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrF814OnFQ4 rain drops stir from sleep colours divers weave and sing - making room for all ********************************************************************************** Written for Heeding Haiku with Ha - A Haiku Moment. The prompt is to listen to the music, feel what it has to say to you and then write a haiku. Listening to this piece… Continue reading Living Tapestry

Passing through black waves wash over tugging clinging to garments outer Yet sunny days, I see faces bright and sweet harbour bringers of joy confidantes in matters small the substance of moments - and the waves take my garments with them as I remain behind. ********************************************************************************** Written for Photo Challenge #29 “Passing Through”. This week… Continue reading Friendship